English 10 e10 UNIT 9 READING

Welcome to our class


Watch the following video clip and answer the questions.



1. What activities are people doing in the video?
2. What kinds of pollution do these activities lead to?


UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT

Lesson 3: Reading
Pollution


Task 1. Match the kinds of pollution with the pictures. Practice reading the words.

Air pollution

Noise pollution

Water pollution

Soil pollution



Task 2. Match the words with their definitions.
Words

Meanings

1. Ecosystem

a. Chemicals used to kill insects

2. Pesticides

b. Plants in general

3. Inorganic

c. Not related to animals, plants or trees.

4. Vegetation

d. Dispose of (garbage, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or
hurried way.

5. Fertilizer

e. A complex set of relationships among the living resources, habitats, and residents of an
area. It includes plants, trees, animals, fish, bird, etc.

6. Pollutant

f. Manures or substances that support plant growth

7. Dump

g. Things that make the air, water and soil unclean or contaminated.


Vocabulary

Listen and repeat
1. Ecosystem/'i:kəʊsɪstəm/ (n): Hệ sinh thái
2. Vegetation /vedʒə'teɪʃn/ (n): Hệ thực vật
3. Dump /dʌmp/ (v): Đổ, vứt bỏ
4. Fertilizer /'fɜ:təlaɪzə(r)/ (n): Phân bón
5. Organic /ɔ:'ɡænɪk/ (a): Hữu cơ
6. Inorganic /inɔ:'ɡænɪk/ (a): Vô cơ
7. Pesticide/'pestɪsaɪd/ (n): Thuốc trừ sâu


Task 3. Quickly read the text and select the best title.

A. Natural Resource Depletion
B. The Long-term Damage of Soil
C. Environmental Pollution
D. The Destruction of Ecosystem


Task 4. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.


Activity 4: T or F and correct the F

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Task 5


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1

F

Environmental pollution results from natural disasters.

is one of impacts of human activities.


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2

F

The greenhouse effect is a result of water pollution.

Air pollution


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3

T

Using a lot of fertilizers can reduce soil fertility.


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4

T

Water pollutants are things such as detergents, pesticides, oil, other chemicals and rubbish blockages in
rivers that make water contaminated.


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5

T

Noise pollution can increase heart rate and demage hearing.


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T

Enviromental pollution needs to be taken care for the sake of the environment and
the people that live in it.


Activity 5: Discuss the type of pollution in your neighbourhood and their consequences. Using the
following questions.

1. What’s type of pollution?
2. What is its expression?
3. What is the effect of doing that?


Activity 5: Discuss the type of pollution in your neighbourhood and their consequences.

Suggested answers
There is soil pollution in my neighborhood. People throw much garbage on the ground. This makes
the soil contaminated. This also creates/causes the decrease of soil fertility.

- Learn by heart all the new words

- Prepare for the new lesson - Speaking


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